Table 2 Clinical characteristic differences between subtypes.
From: Cortical thickness deviations as biomarker for subtyping and prognosis in pediatric brainstem tumors
Variable | Category | Subtype 1 | Subtype 2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | Median (IQR, range) | N (%) | Median (IQR, range) | |||
Age/years | – | – | 8 (5–11, 14) |  | 9 (7–11, 12) | 0.034 |
Gender | Boy | 51 (51%) | – | 21 (47%) | – | 0.762 |
Girl | 49 (49%) | – | 24 (53%) | – |  | |
Headache | Positive | 28 (28%) | – | 13 (29%) | – | 1.000 |
Negative | 72 (72%) | – | 32 (71%) | – |  | |
Nausea | Positive | 28 (28%) | – | 14 (31%) | – | 0.854 |
Negative | 72 (72%) | – | 31 (89%) | – |  | |
Diplopia | Positive | 46 (46%) | – | 21 (47%) | – | 1.000 |
Negative | 54 (54%) | – | 24 (53%) | – |  | |
Bucking | Positive | 41 (41%) | – | 22 (49%) | – | 0.340 |
Negative | 59 (59%) | – | 23 (51%) | – |  | |
Dysphagia | Positive | 17 (17%) | – | 6 (13%) | – | 0.754 |
Negative | 83 (83%) | – | 39 (87%) | – |  | |
Dysarthria | Positive | 25 (25%) | – | 11 (24%) | – | 1.000 |
Negative | 75 (75%) | – | 34 (76%) | – |  | |
Weakness | Positive | 43 (43%) | – | 18 (40%) | – | 0.875 |
Negative | 57 (57%) | – | 27 (60%) | – |  | |
Ataxia | Positive | 46 (46%) | – | 19 (42%) | – | 0.808 |
Negative | 54 (54%) | – | 26 (58%) | – |  | |
Tumor growth pattern | Focal | 18 (18%) | – | 13 (29%) |  | 0.207 |
Diffuse | 82 (82%) | – | 32 (71%) |  |  | |
Duration/months | – | – | 2.0 (1.0–3.0, 59.8) | – | 2.0 (1.0–3.0, 70.8) | 0.247 |
KPS/scores | – | – | 80 (70–80, 60) | – | 80 (70–80, 50) | 0.801 |
Tumor volume/mm3 | – | – | 25.9 (17.7–34.4, 68.5) | – | 25.5 (14.3–34.4, 67.9) | 0.517 |
